Month: August 2006

By Howard LaFranchi The Christian Science Monitor BRUSSELS – Ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union, NATO has been working to transform itself from a cold-war, Europe-focused bulwark against a communist threat to a military and political alliance relevant to the world of the 21st century…more

By The Associated Press New York Times UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and France tried to bridge differences Thursday over a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and reach agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants…more

By Anatol Lieven International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON During the Vietnam War, a Communist leader famously told his U.S. counterpart that the United States could kill 10 Vietcong for every American who died, and yet would still lose in the end. The same is true of Israel and Hezbollah…more

By Daniel Yergin Wall Street Journal “The sooner Prudhoe Bay is safely back in operation, the better: A market this tight is very vulnerable to shocks of any kind. The shocks don’t have to be physical. From late March, the price of oil has been primarily driven up not by actual disruption (until Prudhoe Bay); […]

By www.strategypage.com www.strategypage.com August 7, 2006: Arab media continue to revel in their victory over Israel. Hizbollah has not been smashed, Lebanese civilians continue to get killed, as do Israelis. In Arab eyes, this is winning. Which explains why the Arab world has fallen behind the rest of the planet in almost every measure (economically, […]